Reviews of planetary duality by the faceless album. The faceless discography 2006 2017 technical death metal download for free via torrent metal tracker download the faceless discography 2006 2017 technical death metal for free via torrent on site. The band went through several fillin drummers before adding drummer lyle cooper to their lineup. Reviews of planetary duality by the faceless album, technical. Lyle cooper planetary duality album art, the faceless the. The faceless have left a quite large gap between this and their previous release planetary duality 2008, and in that time much of their lineup has changed with only michael keene guitars, keyboards, clean vocals and lyle cooper. They released their debut album, akeldama in november 2006, and a followup, planetary duality, in november 2008. Soon after its release, they toured with bands including meshuggah, lamb of god and in flames.
Lower life forms kept from their senses third dimensional imprisonment psychological tactics enforcing thralldom generations of conditioning hereditary indoctrination of the youth breeding disconnection a perceptio. Planetary duality ii a prophecies fruition check out the entire album streaming via sumerian records youtube channel. Lyle cooper signature drum samples tonecrate vault. The album debuted at number 119 on the billboard 200. Brandon giffin bass, lyle cooper drums, steve jones guitar, michael keene guitar, vocoder, vocals, producer, recording engineer. A place to discuss music and anything else related to progressive metal. Navene koperweis of animals as leaders, kerim lechner of decapitated, lyle cooper of the faceless, mike justianwith the red chord.
On december 1, 2017, the band released their fourth album, in becoming a ghost. Steve jones put a camera on lyle and gave me the footage. Sherer departed sometime after, though 2007 finally brought with it a stable drummer in the form of lyle cooper. Former drummer nick pierce, recorded the instrumental song, akeldama the name of the debut album. He is the drummer for such bands as abhorrent, absvrdist, and erebet and a vocalist in the last two of those bands, and perhaps even better known as the drummer for the faceless on planetary duality 2008 and autotheism 2012. Especially with his contributions on albums like planetary duality and autotheism. Find and follow posts tagged planetary duality on tumblr. You may miss the days of lyle cooper being the drummer for the faceless. What is there to say about them that hasnt already been said. Shaped by guitarist michael keene and bassist brandon giffin, the music group also contains vocalist jeff ventimiglia aka demon carcass, guitarist steve jones, and drummer lyle cooper. Michael keene guitars, vocals clean, vocoder steve jones guitars brandon giffin bass derek rydquist vocals lyle cooper drums guestssession matthew blackmar.
The faceless have left a quite large gap between this and their previous release planetary duality 2008, and in that time much of their lineup has changed with only michael keene guitars, keyboards, clean vocals and lyle cooper drums performing on both. Hypocrisy, leica, akeldama, the ghost of a stranger planetary duality 2008 prison born, the ancient covenant, shape shifters, coldly calculated design, xenochrist, sons of belial, legions of the serpent, planetary duality i hideous revelation, planetary duality. A treaty between alpha and omega beings summoning a darkened era upon earth ancients receive immortality the rest shall be servants of the gods slowpoisoning xenobiotic substances will enslave your sick a. Tuned by legendary drum tech matt brown, and hit by lyle cooper himself, these tones have an unmatched tone and precision that work for a variety of styles. The faceless have really made their influences obvious here, frequently showing their appreciation for death metal giants such as cynic, nile, necrophagist, spawn of possession and more. Drummer slaughter 2010 lyle cooper the faceless youtube.
Officially licensed merch from faceless available at rockabilia. A fair amount of touring followed, and the band was finally getting their feet under them. The album was critically acclaimed and brought the band a new level of success. Tonecrate lyle cooper signature drum samples pluginfox. I was doing foh sound for the faceless and recorded the sound board mix strait into. The faceless discography 2006 2017 technical death. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there might be slight delays in shipping items marked special order. Formed by guitarist michael keene and bassist brandon giffin, the band also includes vocalist jeff ventimiglia aka demon carcass, guitarist steve jones, and drum. Contentsshow history the faceless was formed in encino, california by guitarist michael keene and bassist. The bands third album, autotheism, was released on august 14, 2012. To conclude this roundup i have a drum cover by lyle cooper. The faceless planetary duality duality is the operative word on this second release by technical death metal band the faceless.
The faceless planetary duality encyclopaedia metallum. The band went through several fillin drummers before adding current drummer lyle cooper to their lineup. Faceless merch store officially licensed merchandise. The bass playing from brandon griffin is also fantastic and audible throughout as well and lyle cooper does an all around outstanding job on the drums with tons of sickening jackhammering blast beats and busy double bass slamming. Brett batdorf lyle cooper brandon giffin steve jones navene koperweis en. Find the faceless discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. The faceless planetary duality lyle cooper drum cam. After touring, drummer brett batdorf left the band during the recording of akeldama. Recorded at keene machine studios in north hollywood, california. It was released on november 11, 2008 through sumerian records in europe through lifeforce records. Planetary duality is a more than solid next step and a logical progression for the group, but it does fall just a bit short of its predecessor, akeldama. While akeldama was a more breakdown oriented album, however on the bands 2008 sophomore release planetary duality, we see the faceless stripping away most of the breakdowns and taking a more technical death metal approach very much in the vein of necrophagist another amazing band btw and the results here are just amazingly mindblowing. The central style finds itself at a crossroads between modern tech death and dream theatervariety progressive metal.
Then they matured and moved away from that, becoming 100% tech death, melting faces and expectations with 2008s stellar planetary duality. It is a concept album with the lyrics following a science fiction theme of an extraterrestrial race controlling the world and is inspired by the book the children of the matrix. Lyle cooper drum cam live in jena, germany june 2011. Irreversible mechanism exthe faceless drummer lyle. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from lyle cooper at the discogs marketplace. Autotheism the faceless 41100 above anything else, the faceless autotheism is a problematic album. There are a variety of creative beats and double bass.
They released their debut album, akeldama, in november 2006, and a followup, planetary duality, in november 2008. Lyle cooper drums, sumerian records produced by michael keene. Brandon giffin derek rydquist elliott sellers lyle cooper marco pitruzzella michael keene. All in all, the musicianship here on planetary duality is just absolutely flawless, and not to mention the. The faceless is an american technical death metal band from encino, california. The faceless planetary duality 2008 31 december 2018. The faceless the ancient covenant lyrics metal kingdom. Starting out as a technical and progressive deathcore band, they devastated the genre with their debut album akeldama. Lyle cooper delivers a punishing array of blast beats throughout the album, but does not overuse them.
I did enjoy planetary duality quite a bit, and there are plenty of moments on autotheism that recall the faceless past achievements. Now, hes fully able to do this in his new band irreversible mechanism. This is probably the best technical death metal album ive listened to, but then again i havent heard many albums like it. He left during the later albums cycle, presumably to write some music to really call his own.
Autotheism is a highfaluting term pertaining to the deification of oneself, and its also the name bestowed upon the longawaited followup to the lauded, planetary duality. Lyle cooper brought world drum domination with his work on planetary duality by the faceless, and now you can see him raising the bar again in abhorrent. The bass playing from brandon griffin is also fantastic and audible throughout as well and lyle cooper does an all around outstanding job on the drums with. All albums by the faceless available to download and stream in high quality. Formed by guitarist michael keene and bassist brandon giffin, the band also includes vocalist jeff ventimiglia aka demon carcass, guitarist steve jones, and drummer lyle cooper. Having returned form a triumphant north american tour as support to cynic and meshuggah, they are about to go on the road again with obscurathe other hot name in the technical death metal scene, neuraxxis. They began work on a second fulllength after this, and planetary duality the result, coming out almost exactly two years after akeldama. The faceless is in my humble opinion a band that the whole metal scene will soon be discussing about thoroughly. Akeldama 2006 an autopsy, pestilence, all dark graves, horizons of chaos i. Autotheism is the third fulllength studio album by us death metal act the faceless. Lyle cooper brought world drum domination with his work on planetary duality by the faceless, and now you can see him raising the bar again in abhorrent and absvrdist.